Pass the CHSPE: California High School Proficiency Study Guide: Paperback and Ebook Package

Complete California High School Proficiency Exam study guide, prepared by our dedicated team of exam experts!

Pass the CHSPE! will help you:Practice with 2 complete practice question sets (over 300 questions)Make a CHSPE study plan and study scheduleLearn fasterIdentify your strengths and weaknesses quicklyIncrease your score with multiple choice strategies from exam expertsAvoid common mistakes on a testIncrease your vocabulary fast with powerful learning strategies

Please note that CHSPE is administered by the California Department of Education, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.

Over 300 questions, including reading comprehension, sentence structure, punctuation, English grammar, basic mathematics, fractions, algebra, decimals, probability, geometry and statistics.

Review and tutorials on all CHSPE topics - hundreds of pages of tutorials!

Practice Really Does Make Perfect!

The more questions you see, the more likely you are to pass the test. And between our study guide and practice tests, you'll have over 300 practice questions that cover every category. You can fine-tune your knowledge in areas where you feel comfortable and be more efficient in improving your problem areas.

Our practice test questions have been developed by our dedicated team of experts. All the material in the study guide, including every practice question, are designed to engage your critical thinking skills needed to pass the test!

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Contents

Getting Started

How this study guide is organized 9

The CHSPE Study Plan 9

Making a Study Schedule 10

Reading

Self-Assessment 18

Answer Key 29

Help with Reading Comprehension 33

Main Idea and Supporting Details 36

Drawing Inferences And Conclusions 40

Meaning From Context 44

Vocabulary Self-Assessment 47

Answer Key 53

Help with Building your Vocabulary 55

How to Write an Essay

Formulating A Thesis 68

Common Essay Mistakes - Example 1 71

Common Essay Mistakes - Example 2 73

Writing Concisely 75

Language Arts

Self-Assessment 79

Answer Key 90

English Grammar and Punctuation Tutorials 93

Capitalization 93

Punctuation 95

Hyphens 96

Apostrophes 98

Commas 99

Quotation Marks 101

English Grammar Multiple Choice 103

Common English Usage Mistakes 119

Subject Verb Agreement 127

Mathematics

Self-Assessment 138

Answer Key 147

Basic math Video Tutorials 151

Basic math Video Tutorials 151

Fraction Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 151

Decimal Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 157

Converting Decimals to Fractions 157

Percent Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 158

Exponents - a Quick Tutorial 160

How to Solve Word Problems 165

Types of Word Problems 168

Algebraic Equations 177

Ratios 179

Basic Geometry 183

Pythagorean Geometry 188

Scale drawings 190

Quadrilaterals 192

Practice Test Questions Set 1

Answer Key 252

Practice Test Questions Set 2

Answer Key 327

Conclusion

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